The Big 12 survived losing Texas and OU, the PAC in theory should have survived

Sep 19, 2024
10:09:51am

TheNerd Political Junky

losing USC and UCLA. They probably would have if they had managed to make a media deal. If rumors are true, Utah is a major reason why they never got a deal made.

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Messages

Author

Time

POLL: Why did the PAC implode?

willkie40

9:58am

Adding Utah

WJCougar

10:01am

Truth to this. Couldnt get TV deal cause Utah and not BYU. Utah not additive.

Longseason

10:06am

I do think Utah's conference championships, at USC's expense, was a major factor

Doogal McCougar

11:13am

A large part of it was arrogance. Not taking a teams like BYU and TCU when they

Thrill

10:01am

Didn’t they turn down Texas and Oklahoma too at one point?

ldssdl

10:03am

They turned down Oklahoma and Oklahoma State after Texas said no.

Art Director

10:04am

I think Texas' tv deal at the time was a deal-breaker.

Thrill

10:08am

Other way around.

Doogal McCougar

11:13am

UU prof *way* overestimated their TV value, and arrogant P12 presidents listened

cougarmeister

10:04am

Classic leadership lesson here: Hearing what you want to hear and not taking

Carnac

10:10am

The Big 12 survived losing Texas and OU, the PAC in theory should have survived

TheNerd

10:09am

Reason: Because the PAC 12 rejected a $30 mil/team deal.

Vert der Frick

10:25am

Yep. And then Yormark saw his opening and took it.

Carnac

10:52am

The B1G finally offering Ore and Wash was the final reason.

CatamountFan

10:35am

It was a combination of it but biggest thing to me was being slow and resistant

CameronG

12:25pm

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